Has anyone else had this issue? I feel like the more I study, the worse I do at the first attempt, but I do really well on the BR. How do I fix this? I'm supposed to take the August LSAT and am panicking a little bit. 
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Has anyone else had this issue? I feel like the more I study, the worse I do at the first attempt, but I do really well on the BR. How do I fix this? I'm supposed to take the August LSAT and am panicking a little bit.
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I would say what has helped me consistently improve the most is to FIRST: always do drills untimed with the clock off, the speed will naturally come with practice and experience. This takes the time pressure off and allows you to solve 1 question at a time and be much more confident. SECOND: and probably the most important, review the wrong questions not until you see the specific reason why you got it wrong, but review until the overall principle behind your incorrect decision clicks and sticks with you, both with respect to the decision you made to chose the wrong awnser, and the decision you made to not chose the right awnser.
Remember SLOWER IS FASTER, and that applies to the during the drill, after during review, and overall across the whole LSAT journey.
With this perspective ive improved 11 points in 6 weeks. Hope this helps, good luck!!!
I think it's worth being careful about what Blind Review is actually telling you.
If you're scoring 7/15 on an already untimed first attempt, that's probably the best reflection of your current understanding. Scoring 14/15 on the Blind Review of that same untimed set doesn't necessarily mean your understanding is at a 14/15 level.
More often than not, during Blind Review you're only revisiting the questions you flagged or got wrong. You also already know which answer you picked the first time, so you're effectively choosing between your original answer and the remaining options. That's a very different task than solving the question from scratch. If you truly understood why the credited answer was correct on your first pass, you likely would have selected it then. Of course, there are exceptions—misreads, momentary lapses, or accidental clicks happen.
That's why I don't think an untimed first attempt followed by a much higher untimed Blind Review demonstrates what people sometimes think it does. It's different if the original attempt was timed and then your Blind Review score jumps significantly. In that case, the gap can point to a timing issue rather than a gap in understanding. I would focus on doing timed sections or groupings and comparing that to your BL scores.
I’m feeling the same way right now. I’m trying to just slow down and do more untimed drills and make sure I understand the process/reasoning/logic behind everything. We can do this!